City of Saginaw MI - SAGINAW FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HOST AWARDS CEREMONY/OPEN HOUSE

The Saginaw Fire Department will be hosting
an awards ceremony and open house on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at
the headquarters of the Saginaw Fire Department located at 801 Federal Avenue.

The awards ceremony will honor those who went above and beyond the call of
duty when help was desperately needed. Saginaw Fire Chief Chris Van Loo explains
the importance of the event in saying, “Our annual awards ceremony allows us the
opportunity to recognize the efforts of citizens, fire fighters, and other first responders
who have made the City of Saginaw a safer community. It also provides us an
opportunity to honor those fire fighters who have lost their lives in their service to the
City of Saginaw”.

The 2018 awards ceremony will also feature a presentation from the University of Michigan Trauma Burn Center to recognize the Saginaw Fire Department with the 2018 Leland Gayheart Fire Safety and Prevention Award. The Saginaw Fire Department received this honor for their recently completed carbon monoxide alarm installation program.

The awards ceremony is in recognition of Fire Prevention Week 2018, which is set to be October 7 through October 13. The event is in partnership with the National Fire Protection Association to promote fire prevention and fire safety. “Look. Listen. Learn. Be aware – fire can happen anywhere!” is the theme for this year’s Fire Prevention Week. The theme reminds all residents to look for places that fire can start, listen for the sound of the smoke alarm, and learn two ways out of each room.

For more information about the awards ceremony or Fire Prevention Week, please contact the Saginaw Fire Department at (989) 759-1393.